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- 4 photos on Pilling appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Pilling
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Roundhouse
I went to what we used to call the school on the hill. I lived in Knott End and sometimes when we were rich we'd go to school on the bus, but if not it was your two feet that got you there, anyway my memory relates to the roundhouse, it was a toffee shop when we were kids, things you could get for a penny and when you had tuppence, well I guess you were rich, anyway when I had bus money for coming home after school and depending on the weather, if it was nice I would give in to temptation and nip into the roundhouse. Trying to make a selection from all the toffees and treats was a ...read more here
A memory of Preesall contributed by Eric Butler
Crabbing
Iam not sure how close Iam on the date, however when we where kids, me and my friends would spend most of the day in the summer holidays with string and safety pin, stick some muscle meat on it from the muscle bed from the other side of the jetty, and then we'd tie a stone to the string and then lower this down the side of the jetty to catch an unexpecting crab, you had to be very careful pulling it up from the water as sometimes the crab would fall back in the water, then you'd have to start again, but we would have great fun watching the crabs running all over the place, especially when the tourists where ...read more here
A memory of Knott End-On-Sea contributed by Eric Butler
Shovels Inn - 1952 to 1971
My grandparents, John & Betty Whiteside, were Landlord & Landlady of The Shovels Inn 1952-1971. I was born in 1955 and clearly remeber the pub as it was then, before they tore down walls! The old men of the village taught me how to play dominoes in one of the little rooms that used to be off the main bar. As you walked through the door there used to be an open fire on the right with the dartboard above it. On the photograph, on the extreme right, just outlined against the white building, you can see the petrol pump which was used to fill the charabancs that used to call at the pub on day trips to the Over Wyre ...read more here
A memory of Hambleton contributed by Lynda James
Days gone by
I lived in Fleetwood from around 1948 - 1952. My dad was in the army and we lived in the Drill Hall in (Ithink) Preston Street. I can remember going to the library nearby and playing on the beach near some piers. There was a young man who was unfortunate who used to dig very deep holes in the sand and chase us kids with his shovel when we taunted him (how cruel are kids). I went to Fleetwood Grammar School for a year before we moved south. I lived in Queens Terrace for awhile and loved looking out of the bedroom window at the cottages on Knott End. My name then was Ann Varley, and ...read more here
A memory of Fleetwood contributed by Ann Levers
Extracts From Pilling & Lancashire books
This 18th-century inn was associated with smuggling - this isolated part of the coast was notorious for the illegal trade. Under cover of darkness, brandy, tobacco and bolts of lace and velvet were brought along Velvet Lane from the shore. A typical tavern on Pilling Moss, the Old Ship still has a pump in the yard embossed with the initials of the Nicholson family and dated 1782.The spire of St John's church can be seen in the background.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
This is still referred to as the ‘new church’—religion in this area goes back 4000 years. The first Christian church at Newers Wood had a moat. St John’s was built in 1876 after much effort and fund-raising under the vicar, John Wilson Waithman, who acted as Chairman and Secretary of the Building Committee.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
The mill is situated on the Broadfleet river near Broadfleet Bridge, where tradition has it that the devil, angered at being outwitted by the Cockerham schoolmaster, left the mark of his cloven hoof. The mill lost its sails when it was converted to steam. It is 6 storeys high, the tallest in ‘windmill land’, and was erected in 1808 by Ralph Slater. It has now been restored and made into a private dwelling.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
The Fylde plain once had many such mills, benefiting from the
strong prevailing winds blowing unchecked off the Irish Sea. This
one, standing 63 feet high, was built in 1808 and continued to
grind corn until 1926, having been converted to steam in 1886. The
mound in front of it marks a kiln that was used to dry the grain.
An extract from from"Lancashire Living Memories".
On Pilling’s main street stood Pilling Pottery, run by Jim Cross. The site considered for St John’s Church was known as Ship Meadow. It became Church Field, but the old name is interesting, linking with the large wherry owned by a noted smuggler. Brandy, tobacco, lace and velvet were brought up from Pilling shore by horses.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".